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The table below looks at the demand for Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited W3C over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWorldwide Web Consortium (W3C)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank6643
Rank change on same period last yearDown-23
Matching contract IT job ads555
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.059 %
As % of the category below4.348 %18.09 %
Daily rates quoted242
Average minimum daily rate£240£212
Average daily rate£295£221
% change on same period last year+33.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£230
UK excluding London average daily rate£238£238
% change on same period last year+0.05 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.10£27.91
% change on same period last year-20.81 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads115304
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.185 %0.326 %
Daily rates quoted26129
Average minimum daily rate£359£293
Average daily rate£382£312
% change on same period last year+22.64 %
Average maximum daily rate£406£330
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£345
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted2537
Average minimum hourly rate£28.02£29.74
Average hourly rate£29.24£31.31
% change on same period last year-6.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.45£32.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.41£25.59
% change on same period last year-0.69 %
W3C East of EnglandW3C
East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

W3C
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing W3C across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Hertfordshire W3C Demand Trend

W3C
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing W3C across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire W3C Daily Rate Trend

W3C
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing W3C across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire W3C Hourly Rate Trend

W3C
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing W3C within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WatfordDown-31£300+19.20 %
W3C East of EnglandW3C
East of England

W3C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing W3C also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited W3C.

114 (82.35 %)CSS
213 (76.47 %)XHTML
310 (58.82 %)HTML
49 (52.94 %)JavaScript
49 (52.94 %)XML
57 (41.18 %)E-Commerce
65 (29.41 %)Flash
74 (23.53 %)ActionScript
74 (23.53 %)JSP
74 (23.53 %)Finance
74 (23.53 %)Retail
74 (23.53 %)Insurance
74 (23.53 %)JSTL
83 (17.65 %)WCAG
83 (17.65 %).NET
83 (17.65 %)PHP
92 (11.76 %)ASP.NET
92 (11.76 %)Java
92 (11.76 %)C#
92 (11.76 %)XSLT
92 (11.76 %)Marketing
92 (11.76 %)Microformats
101 (5.882 %)XPath
101 (5.882 %)Web Development
101 (5.882 %)Adobe Flex
101 (5.882 %)Adobe AIR
101 (5.882 %)Unit Testing
101 (5.882 %)Multimedia
101 (5.882 %)Scrum
101 (5.882 %)OO

W3C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing W3C also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited W3C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
114 (82.35 %)CSS
213 (76.47 %)XHTML
310 (58.82 %)HTML
49 (52.94 %)XML
54 (23.53 %)JSP
54 (23.53 %)JSTL
63 (17.65 %).NET
72 (11.76 %)ASP.NET
72 (11.76 %)Microformats
72 (11.76 %)XSLT
81 (5.882 %)Adobe Flex
81 (5.882 %)Adobe AIR
81 (5.882 %)DOM
81 (5.882 %)XSL
81 (5.882 %)SOAP
81 (5.882 %)WebServices
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (5.882 %)Apache
11 (5.882 %)TeamSite
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.882 %)MS Visio
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (5.882 %)HTTP
11 (5.882 %)TCP/IP
11 (5.882 %)Internet
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (29.41 %)Flash
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (23.53 %)Finance
14 (23.53 %)Retail
14 (23.53 %)Insurance
22 (11.76 %)Marketing
31 (5.882 %)Multimedia
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (82.35 %)Developer
26 (35.29 %)Web Developer
31 (5.882 %)Information Architect
31 (5.882 %)Senior Developer
31 (5.882 %)Team Leader
31 (5.882 %)Development Team Leader
31 (5.882 %)Multimedia Developer
31 (5.882 %)Architect
31 (5.882 %)Software Engineer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (41.18 %)E-Commerce
21 (5.882 %)Change Management
21 (5.882 %)Scrum
21 (5.882 %)Web Development
21 (5.882 %)Unit Testing
21 (5.882 %)OO
21 (5.882 %)RAD
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (52.94 %)JavaScript
24 (23.53 %)ActionScript
33 (17.65 %)PHP
42 (11.76 %)C#
42 (11.76 %)Java
51 (5.882 %)C
51 (5.882 %)C++
51 (5.882 %)XQuery
51 (5.882 %)XPath
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (17.65 %)WCAG
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (5.882 %)Microsoft
11 (5.882 %)Adobe